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President Trump and the Republican party continue their attack and the arts. House republicans first took aim at the Kennedy Center Opera House, with an amendment to a bill that would rename the opera house for Melania Trump. The Kennedy Center’s opera house could be renamed the ‘First Lady Melania Trump Opera House.’

The opera house at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts may soon bear a new name: the “First Lady Melania Trump Opera House.” The Hill reports that House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee voted 33-25 on Tuesday to approve an amendment to the annual spending bill for interior, environment, and related agencies that would rename the venue in honor of the former first lady.

Read the Broadway World story here: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/House-Republicans-Aim-to-Have-Kennedy-Center-Opera-House-Renamed-for-Melania-Trump-20250722

Or read the CNN story here: https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/politics/republicans-melania-trump-kennedy-center

JFK’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, claims that move would be illegal. Read about his reaction in this People article: https://people.com/jack-schlossberg-slams-effort-rename-kennedy-center-theater-after-melania-trump-11778364

And now it sounds like the republicans are trying to go even further and “designate the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the ‘Donald J. Trump Center for the Performing Arts.’” Read the full The Hill article here: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5423549-trump-center-kennedy-center/